His son writes: "Served Indian Signals, attached
American Army, air supply liaison with Canadian RCAF transport squadrons.
Former Sergeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1938-1940 based in India (Munitions Inspector).
Commissioned Poona."

in recognition of conspicuous gallantry after an explosion
following an outbreak of fire at the Bombay Docks 04.44 *

* As a result of an explosion the complete
stern of a ship was blown into a main road hi the docks area and fell
against a building which was already on fire. This pile of steel, weighing
about 20 tons, contained the ship's magazine with live shells and ammunition
inside. It became urgently necessary to remove the shells to make the road
safe for traffic and this officer working with an oxy-acetylene cutter,
successfully accomplished this hazardous task, although several shells
exploded within a few feet of him and the whole magazine might have exploded
at any time from the heat of the fire underneath. The work continued for
eight days under exceedingly dangerous and adverse conditions and throughout
the operation this officer's coolness, courage and devotion to duty were
outstanding.

24.08.1932

commissioned,
Corps of Royal Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers

Education: Wellington College (1923.1-1927; The
Orange).
Went on to study in Germany for several months before he joined the London Stock
Exchange. Special Constable in Hertfordshire, 09.1939-11.1939.

11.1939

enlisted

03.1940

-

06.1940

served with British Expeditionary Force (France;
evacuated from Dunkirk)

Officer Cadet Training Unit

30.08.1941

commissioned,
Royal Army Service Corps
[emergency commission]

(01.1943)

-

20.09.1943

serving with Indian Army

?

-

20.09.1943

attached H.Q. 63rd Indian Infantry Brigade, Royal
Indian Army Service Corps [died in consequence of a motor accident that took
place when he was driving back from a duty visit to a neighbouring company]

commissioned, General List [emergency commission] [not
shown in Army List]

From December 1939, he was a Secret Intelligence
Service (SIS) / MI-6 D Section (sabotage) officer sent to Budapest to establish a news service as cover. In April
1941, with the Nazi invasion, he fled to Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In May, he was
captured by Italian forces and was later released as part of a prisoner
exchange. From late 1942 to mid-1943, he was chief of the
Special Operations Executive (SOE) Yugoslav Section in Cairo, Egypt, where he
was James Klugmann's supervisor. From January 1945 he was liaison officer with
partisans in Liguria, Italy (No. 1 Special Force, Central Mediterranean Forces).

Education: Christ College, Brecon; Keble College Oxford
(where he
read History and won his Rugby blue in 1927-8; Wells Theological College
(1934-1935) (BA, later MA).
Teacher at public schools in South Africa, first in Capetown and then at St John's in
Johannesburg, 1930s. Minor Canon at Brecon Cathedral in Wales, 1936.

commissioned,
Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Territorial Army (Church of England)

(01.1939)

attached
to Welsh Division

24.08.1939

mobilized
TA

09.1939

-

07/08.1941

attached
to the South Wales Borderers

1941?

-

1942?

8th
Army (Middle East)

1943?

-

1945?

attached
to the 31st Field Regiment RA (Italy & Greece))

?

-

06.06.1962

Territorial
Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Vicar of St David's, Llanfaes, Brecon, and then in 1954 of St. Katherine's Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. He was made a Canon of St David's Cathedral in 1964. In 1968 he became Vicar of St. Mary's Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire and he retired on reaching the
age of 70 in June 1977.

* Lieutenant Davies was the officer in charge
of the party detailed to recover.the bomb which fell in the vicinity of St.
Paul's Cathedral. So conscious was this officer of the imminent danger to the
Cathedral that regardless of personal risk he spared neither himself nor his
men in their efforts to locate the bomb. After unremitting effort, during
which all ranks knew that an explosion might occur at any moment, the bomb was
successfully extricated. In order to shield his men from further danger,
Lieutenant Davies himself drove the vehicle in which the bomb was removed and
personally carried out its disposal.

Education: BA.
Emigrated to Canada during WWI and joined the Canadian Army on 11.01. 1918. He
returned to Cornwall in the 1930s.

06.03.1940

commissioned,
Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

(1940)

bomb
disposal (UK)

?

-

1942

served
in the Middle East

01.06.1942

cashiered
from the Army and sentenced to two years' imprisonment [remitted 6 months] for
fraudulent behaviour (improper use of government materials & manpower,
personal enrichment)

attached
2nd Canadian Corps, from 03.11.1944-06.11.1944 9th Army Group Royal Artillery Operation Infatuate I (assault on Flushing,
Walcheren) [probably served as Forward
Observation Officer (FOO) attached to 4th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers]

Became professional painter (of horses in oils and of landscapes and seascapes in
watercolours) and sculptor. Vice­President, Chelsea Art Society; Associate Member, National
Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers.Published: The Seventh and three enemies : the story of World War II and
the 7th Queen's Own Hussars (1953).
* other source: Second-in-Command, 3rd Hussars (7th Armoured
Brigade, Western Desert), 1940-1941

Returned to South Africa 01.1946. ACGI, MSAICE,
MICE. Civil engineer in South Africa. Director of numerous companies in the
construction field (The M.G.M. Construction Co. (Pty.) Ltd., Dawson & Johansson
Holdings (Pty.)., etc.). Inventor of several important processes in the same
field.